Why Hiroshima is suddenly the place to go in Japan – and will change the way you see the world - TRAVEL FOCUS: Eight decades ...

At the Peace Tower by the banks of the Ota-Gawa river in Hiroshima, Japanese citizens commemorate the third anniversary of the atom bomb being dropped on their city. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ ...

TOKYO -- The atomic bombings of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki three days later brought a scale of destruction the world had never seen. Many who survived the blasts died in the weeks, ...

Eighty years ago, a flash of light changed the world forever. The stories of those who lived through the unimaginable reveal a haunting legacy of survival.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many of the remaining Japanese survivors are increasingly frustrated by growing nuclear threats and the acceptance of nuclear weapons ...

A massive tsunami generated by a magnitude-9.1 earthquake struck Japan's coast within 30 minutes. Waves as high as 130 feet spilled over seawalls. Within days, three nuclear reactors were disabled.

“I do think that if Japan wants to show the world that it too should be reckoned with, then maybe it really should have nuclear weapons.” :: Tokyo, Japan Tatsuaki Takahashi grew up in Hiroshima. On ...

The B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki to end World War II is on display at the National Museum of the US Air ...